The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/
Voting America: United States Politics, 1840-2008
http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/index.html
Have Fun with History
http://www.havefunwithhistory.com
US History Timeline: 1800 - 1900
http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/1800_1900_timeline.htm
Great History Sites - AcesWebWorld.com - Ace's Web World
http://www.edu.aceswebworld.com/best_history_sites.html
A Book to Read: 1776, written by David McCullough
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
American Literature from The Jungle: Questions
1) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
Sinclair believed that if a person wanted to succeed in their career they would have to work hard and "rise".
2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
The plant owner's main goal was to do his job and do it well. He wanted all his workers to proceed in their work and do as told in order to get the job done.
3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
This quote means that all the employees at the meatpacking plant cared not for their work but for the pay they would receive after the job is complete.
4) Using the internet, research an area that our government regulates now (meat packing, environment, pharmaceuticals) and report how this is enforced today.
There are many reports of contaminated meat in the nation today. Many believe that the government needs to regulate meat packing companies to ensure the complete sanitation of meat. Every year hundreds of Americans die from food poisoning due to unsanitary meat.
Sinclair believed that if a person wanted to succeed in their career they would have to work hard and "rise".
2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
The plant owner's main goal was to do his job and do it well. He wanted all his workers to proceed in their work and do as told in order to get the job done.
3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
This quote means that all the employees at the meatpacking plant cared not for their work but for the pay they would receive after the job is complete.
4) Using the internet, research an area that our government regulates now (meat packing, environment, pharmaceuticals) and report how this is enforced today.
There are many reports of contaminated meat in the nation today. Many believe that the government needs to regulate meat packing companies to ensure the complete sanitation of meat. Every year hundreds of Americans die from food poisoning due to unsanitary meat.
Eyewitness to History: Imperialism
Imperialism is the extension of authority of a nation or an empire over foreign countries. William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate, ran against President William McKinley in the 1900 election. If elected, William Jennings Bryan promised to admit direct independence for the Philippines. In Bryan's speech, delivered in Chicago 1899, Bryan states, "We are told that the Filipinos are not capable of self-government; that has a familiar ring…The Filipinos are not far enough advanced to share in government of the people of the United States, but they competent to govern themselves." Bryan believes that even though the people of the Philippines are not highly educated, like the Americans, that they have the necessary ability to run their country.
However, Theodore Roosevelt had other ideas. Roosevelt delivered a speech in Chicago during the year of 1899. In his speech he refers to the Filipinos as " utterly unfit for self-government and show no signs of becoming fit." Roosevelt also mentions that some of the Filipinos May become eligible in self-government as time progresses, " but at present can only take part in self-government under a wise supervision at once firm and beneficent." In other words Roosevelt strongly recommends the idea of imperialism over the Philippines.
Proceeding after the Spanish-American War, President McKinley and other fellow Americans had their doubts about Cuba and the ability to self-government, but the United States still admitted independence to Cuba. In order to keep their independence Cuba had to follow the list of conditions that Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut designed in 1901. Listed in the conditions the United States president was given official permission of approval to "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to it's people." In the first listing in the Platt Amendment it states that the Cuban government " shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba…"In other rules of the Platt Amendment they all refer to the independence and self-government of Cuba.
During the 1900's, my thoughts of the United States becoming and imperialist country are both for it and against it. The United States should only have become an imperialist country in order to help and protect weaker foreign countries. If the United States became an imperialist country only to rule foreign land and conquer the people, than I would be against that action.
Source: The American Vision 2006. Page 318-319 Chapter 4 (Becoming a World Power) Primary Sources, Eyewitness to History.
However, Theodore Roosevelt had other ideas. Roosevelt delivered a speech in Chicago during the year of 1899. In his speech he refers to the Filipinos as " utterly unfit for self-government and show no signs of becoming fit." Roosevelt also mentions that some of the Filipinos May become eligible in self-government as time progresses, " but at present can only take part in self-government under a wise supervision at once firm and beneficent." In other words Roosevelt strongly recommends the idea of imperialism over the Philippines.
Proceeding after the Spanish-American War, President McKinley and other fellow Americans had their doubts about Cuba and the ability to self-government, but the United States still admitted independence to Cuba. In order to keep their independence Cuba had to follow the list of conditions that Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut designed in 1901. Listed in the conditions the United States president was given official permission of approval to "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to it's people." In the first listing in the Platt Amendment it states that the Cuban government " shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba…"In other rules of the Platt Amendment they all refer to the independence and self-government of Cuba.
During the 1900's, my thoughts of the United States becoming and imperialist country are both for it and against it. The United States should only have become an imperialist country in order to help and protect weaker foreign countries. If the United States became an imperialist country only to rule foreign land and conquer the people, than I would be against that action.
Source: The American Vision 2006. Page 318-319 Chapter 4 (Becoming a World Power) Primary Sources, Eyewitness to History.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
W.E.B De Bois
William Edward Burghardt De Bois, W.E.B De Bois, was born on Febuary 23,1868 in Great Barrington Massachusetts. He was a historian, sociologist, civil rights activist author and editor. He was the first African American to earn a doctorate. De Bois was inspired by the Sam Hose murder, carried out by a lynch mob in 1899. " One could not be calm cool, and detached scientist while Negroes were lynched, murdered, and starved." Be Bois exclaimed after coming across the burned knuckles of Sam Hose in a storefront display. " The cure wasn't simply telling people the truth, it was inducing them to act on the truth."
In 1903, De Bois wrote a collection of 14 essays called 'Souls of a Black Folk.' He writes in the introduction of the book, "...the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line." In the following years after the publishing of ' Souls of a Black Folk', Be Bois stubbornly opposed the idea of superiority of whites and outspokenly supported women's rights. During the year of 1909, De Bois co-founded the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and served as the editor of ' The Crisis', it's monthly magazine.
Throughout the beginning half of the 20th century Be Bois worked as an educator, lecturer, and an author. The teachings of De Bois were a very important part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's. At the age of 95 on August 27, 1963, De Bois died while working on an encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.
In 1903, De Bois wrote a collection of 14 essays called 'Souls of a Black Folk.' He writes in the introduction of the book, "...the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line." In the following years after the publishing of ' Souls of a Black Folk', Be Bois stubbornly opposed the idea of superiority of whites and outspokenly supported women's rights. During the year of 1909, De Bois co-founded the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and served as the editor of ' The Crisis', it's monthly magazine.
Throughout the beginning half of the 20th century Be Bois worked as an educator, lecturer, and an author. The teachings of De Bois were a very important part of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50's and 60's. At the age of 95 on August 27, 1963, De Bois died while working on an encyclopedia of the African Diaspora.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Transcontinental RR- Dealing With Workers: Lexi Cole
Dealing With Workers
On June 25, 1875, the demand for higher wages and shorter work hours sky rocketed. The Chinese workers demanded $40 per month than their normal pay of $35, and only 10 hours of work daily. Two days after, the Chinese laborers demand went up to $45. " If there had been that number of white laborers...it would have been impossible to control them." E.B. Crocker and another CP executive were fearful of the fact that their work may be forever disabled. If the starving Chinese laborers continued with their work they would only be fined a small amount, but if they kept with their demands they wouldn't receive their pay for the month.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-strike/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-strike/
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